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Originally Posted by gravy boat
34 COVID deaths in NH for 2019/2020 to date
Source: The COVID Tracking Project. Last updated Apr 16, 2020, 3:40 PM
https://www.nh.gov/covid19/index.htm confirms NH Numbers
31 flu deaths in NH for 2019/2020 to date
Source: WMUR/State of NH (4/17/2020)
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Covid 19 has no herd immunity, has no vaccine, no medication (yet) and the actual illness has a lot of unknowns including potential serious long term sequale.
Flu has a vaccine, has treatment, has partial herd immunity, is widely and easily tested for and has known but rare long term complications.
The argument that it is no worse than the flu is nonsense IF you are trying to show that the present actions of the government are a silly over reaction.
Perhaps there is an overreaction..but comparing it to the flu is really not any more valid than comparing it to the yearly number of deaths to cancer or heart disease.